Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 9
... written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing more than other forward boys have attained , aud which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the fame age . His time was now fpent wholly in reading and writing . As he read ...
... written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing more than other forward boys have attained , aud which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the fame age . His time was now fpent wholly in reading and writing . As he read ...
الصفحة 11
... written at fourteen his poem upon Silence , after Rochester's Nothing . He had now formed his verfification , and in the fmoothness of his numbers furpaffed his original but this is but a small part of his praife ; he discovers fuch ac ...
... written at fourteen his poem upon Silence , after Rochester's Nothing . He had now formed his verfification , and in the fmoothness of his numbers furpaffed his original but this is but a small part of his praife ; he discovers fuch ac ...
الصفحة 16
... writing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleasant to remark how foon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with con- tempt , tempt , though he had yet fuffered nothing ...
... writing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleasant to remark how foon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with con- tempt , tempt , though he had yet fuffered nothing ...
الصفحة 22
... written the Effay on Criticism ; a work which difplays fuch extent of comprehenfion , fuch nicety of diftinction , fuch acquaintance with man- kind , and fuch knowledge both of an- cient and modern learning , as are not often attained ...
... written the Effay on Criticism ; a work which difplays fuch extent of comprehenfion , fuch nicety of diftinction , fuch acquaintance with man- kind , and fuch knowledge both of an- cient and modern learning , as are not often attained ...
الصفحة 33
... and corrected in com- pliance with his criticisms . It is reasonable to infer , from his Letters , that the verfes on the Unfortu- nate Lady were written about the time C when when his Efay was published . The Lady's name and POPE . 33.
... and corrected in com- pliance with his criticisms . It is reasonable to infer , from his Letters , that the verfes on the Unfortu- nate Lady were written about the time C when when his Efay was published . The Lady's name and POPE . 33.
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